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Excellent Box, especially for the current price |
February-12-11 |
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JimS
from Atlanta, GA
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I replaced a Denon 4306 with this 4310. The main differences between the 4310 and the 4311 is that the 4310 supports XM Radio while the 4311 doesn't, and the 4311 supports 3D BluRay while the 4310 doesn't. I must have XM Radio, and 3D upsets both my and my wife's stomachs. That means the 4310 is what I need. The sound quality has definitely been upgraded since the 4306 was released, and the GUI has been GREATLY improved in the 4310. Since the current price for the 4310 is now less than half of the regular price it made no sense for me to wait any longer to upgrade. Being able to take advantage of Crutchfield's lifetime support as well made the whole transaction a no-brainer. Thanks, Crutchfield.
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Great Receiver: You get what you pay for |
February-03-11 |
| Reviewer:
ScottD
from Lexington, KY
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I upgraded to this receiver from an Onkyo 606 that fried about two years into having it (a common problem for that model I later found out). After a poor experience with Onkyo customer service, I went with Denon and I terribly happy that I did.
The receiver is quite easy to set-up, but make sure that you use HDMI cables whenever possible for the most consistent performance. The iPhone intergration is a great plus as well. Make sure to buy this model before they run out of stock.
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Does surround rear, wide "OR" high... not "AND" |
January-17-11 |
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JeffH
from Houston, TX
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My one main complaint for an otherwise flawless product is that I can't use it the way I thought I would... my dream of an 11.1 system will remain on hold for a while. In the mean time, this thing rocks the 7.1 like nothing else! Surround wide is so much better than additional rear channels. I'm not running surround high mainly because I can't do that and wide at the same time.
When I hooked it up initially, it wanted to update the firmware, so I let it... the problem was, I was sharing my cell phone's internet connection with my network, and I underestimated the size of the update! It failed, bad... Crutchfield was great though - they RMA'd me immediately. In the mean time, my DSL finally got hooked up, and I was able to un-brick the unit. I returned the replacement unit, and I've been rolling along with the original one.
The network control is the BEST feature ever! I am almost always in front of a computer at home (laptop, desktop, HTPC, etc), and the ability to open the "website" on the Denon and control it is so convenient. I can also control it through my cell phone with a free application over the wifi, or through the web browser. Nice.
The Anchor Bay video processing is excellent.
And now for the main reason I bought it: It sounds like a Denon! There's a pleasant warmth to a Denon that my Onkyo 905 didn't have. I'm VERY pleased with the sound performance, it's accurate enough, but so much sweeter than the Onkyo was.
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Best AVR I've had |
January-03-11 |
| Reviewer:
Pbar
from Ohio
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This unit replaced a Denon 3805 receiver that still runs perfectly. However, right out of the box, the sound quality was noticeably improved over the 3805--much crisper dialogue from my center channel, less grainy highs. This was before I ran the Audyssey setup, which improved things even more. I use a single HDMI cable to connect this to my monitor, and the system is set up to let the 4310 do all do the video processing. I am getting a noticeably better picture with this setup than I did before, on all of my video sources from cable on up to Blu-Ray. I had little trouble setting up DNLA access to music files on my PC, although I wish it would play WAV files and not just MP3's. It plays music from my ipod touch without needing an ipod dock. Internet radio also works well. I haven't done much with HD radio--poor reception in my area. The manual is better than that of the 3805, but I agree with an earlier reviewer who liked the instructions on Batpig's website, which are a useful supplement to the sometimes cryptic descriptions of various features.
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Sounds Great |
December-27-10 |
| Reviewer:
Brent
from Lowmansville, KY
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Looked around all over the place for a home theater receiver and found this one here at Crutchfield. I could go on forever about a great number of features that I love about this receiver that I discovered after the purchase, but I am going to concentrate on the main reason I bought this receiver, SOUND !
It is amazing clear and sounds great. It was easy to set up sound for my room with high ceilings with an included microphone and auto setup feature that takes sound readings from several places in the room and them automatically optimizes the settings. Very easy to setup.
The surround sound is amazing and it has the latest surround formats. It also is 7.1 surround capable with 7 different amplifiers to avoid interference and give you clear sound with music as well as movies.
Video processing made a notable difference in the picture on my TV. I have Direct TV HD and when I used the receiver to process the video it seems much sharper.
I recommend anyone that has this much money to spend on a receiver to consider the AVR4310ci.
Just a note: I purchased the Definitive Pro-Cinema 800 surround sound speaker system to use with this receiver.
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